 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pagina’s
...all The rest in the shade, by the gracious bestowal On myself, after twenty or thirty rejections, Of those fossil remains which she called her "affections,"...or starbeam, by fountain or grove, But in a front parlor, most brilliantly lighted, Beneath the gas-fixtures, we whispered our love. Without any romance,... | |
 | William Allen Butler - 1857 - 80 pagina’s
...• ^v.^jK* '••.'.'•• •;''"•"' "'• V On myself, after twenty or thirty rejections, Of those fossil remains which she called "her affections,"...or starbeam, by fountain or grove, But in a front parlor, most brilliantly lighted, Beneath the gas-fixtures we whispered our love. Without any romance,... | |
 | William Allen Butler - 1857 - 70 pagina’s
...should throw all The rest in the shade, by the gracious On myself, after twenty or thirty rejections, Of those fossil remains which she called "her affections,"...Not by moonbeam or starbeam, by fountain or grove, Beneath the gas-fixtures we whispered our love. Without any romance, or raptures, or sighs, Without... | |
 | 1858 - 546 pagina’s
...all The rest in the shade, by the gracious bestowal On myself, after twenty or thirty rejections, Of those fossil remains which she called "her affections,''...front parlour, most brilliantly lighted, Beneath the gas-burners we whispered our love. Without any romance, or raptures, or sighs, Without any tears in... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1858 - 644 pagina’s
...all The rest in the shade, by the gracious bestowal On myself, after twenty or thirty rejections, Of those fossil remains which she called her "affections,"'...styling "her heart." So we were engaged. Our troth Lad been plighted, Not by moonbeam or starbeam, by fountain or grove, But iu a front parlour, most... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1858 - 642 pagina’s
...all The rest in the shade, by the gracious bestowal On myself, after twenty or thirty rejections, Of those fossil remains which she called her " affections."...Which Miss Flora persisted in styling "her heart." 608 J engaged. Our troth had been plighted, nbeam or starbeam, by fountain or grove, jnt parlour, most... | |
 | William Allen Butler - 1862 - 76 pagina’s
...shade, by the gracious bestowal Nothing to Wear. 21 On myself, after twenty or thirty rejections, Of those fossil remains which she called "her affections,"...had been plighted, Not by moonbeam or starbeam, by foun tain or grove, But in a front parlor, most brilliantly lighted, 22 Nothing to Wear. Beneath the... | |
 | 1867 - 530 pagina’s
...thirty rejections, Of those fossil remains which she called ' her affections, And that rather decay'd, but well-known work of art, Which Miss Flora persisted...But in a front parlour, most brilliantly lighted, Without any tears in Miss Flora's blue eyes ; Or blushes, or transports, or such silly actions, It... | |
 | Smith H. Platt - 1867 - 172 pagina’s
...of such overwhelming despair." Again, when speaking " Of those fossil remains which she called her l affections/ And that rather decayed, but well-known...Which Miss Flora persisted in styling 'her heart," he has well painted the results of such indulgence. And in proportion to the deadening of the natural... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 712 pagina’s
...Of those fossil remains which she called her " affections," And that rather decayed, but well known work of art, Which Miss Flora persisted in styling...or starbeam, by fountain or grove, But in a front parlor, most brilliantly lighted, Beneath the gas-fixtures we whispered our love. Without any romance,... | |
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I should mention just here, that out of Miss Flora's Two hundred and fifty or sixty adorers, I had just been selected as he who should throw all The rest in the shade, by the gracious bestowal On myself after twenty or thirty rejections, Of those fossil... 
